Re: EMP

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<x-rich><fontfamily><param>Courier</param>The EMP worries began after a high
altitude - atmospheric - nuke test in the early 60's over the Pacific
messed up electrical systems almost 1000 miles away in Hawaii. The
pulse induces something like 50,000+ volts per meter of wire - granted
this would be at milliamperes of current. But, if you have circuitry
that runs on millivolts - like transistors - this voltage induced into
the short leads and wires leading to the transistor would be enough to
fry 'em. 


The military got a little nervous back in the '70's when a Russian
defected to Japan using a MIG 25 as his exit visa. Everyone laughed
when they took apart the plane and found no transistors, only newer
type vacuum tube technology in a "modern" Mach 2.5+ interceptor --
until they considered the EMP factor. Using vacuum tube technology
made the plane almost impervious to the effects of an EMP.


The frightening scenario was of Ivan popping off a nuke in space over
Western Europe to neutralize our fighters and other high-tech systems
- including, I suppose, anything with electronic fuel injection.


You could always park your FI car in a perfectly shielded and grounded
metal box a la Faraday. 


Hedge


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On Saturday, Aug 23, 2003, at 14:28 US/Eastern, Russ wolfe wrote:


<excerpt>On Sat, 2003-08-23 at 12:16, Fiesta Cranberry wrote:


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The book says that the EMP permanently fries electronic circuits,

computer chips, etc.


Apocalyptic fiction is my favorite genre :^)


Lori


</excerpt>Are you Mad Max in disguise??? :) There was an air cooled VW
in Mad Max.

The auto-giro was VW powered.



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Russ Wolfe

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'71 FB AT 

'65 Bug (not running)

russw@classicvw.org

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